Deaf Busy Bee's Tales

Fabulous Book to Read

I am reading a fabulous book entitled The Martha Rules: 10 Essentials for Achieving Success as You Start, Build, or Manage a Business written by Martha Stewart. 

Since I am a consultant with Creative Memories, I wish I had read this book first when I started this home business years ago. 

What I have learned from reading this book is to...

• Find your passion that is not considered as work
• Love your work that you rarely get tired
• Create an idea(s) that might satisfy customer's needs/wants
• Start with a small ideas and keep it simple
• Stay within your budget and don't go into debt
• Create a vision statement which stands out your business compared with other businesses
• Create a business plan
• Have a good relationship with customers

There's a part of this book that impacts me is to have a good relationship with consumers and that they will respect me and my business in return.

Still I am not done with this book.  This book really gives me such  a great advice of how I can take a good care of my Creative Memories business and how I can best serve my customers.  I look forward to finish this book.

Hope that you get some benefit from reading this fabulous book and learn something value of how to run your home business.  Perhaps add it to your list for summer reading.

 

 

Thought of the Day

I am going to make this short and sweet.  Something came up  in my mind during early this morning. 

"I am tired of being oppressed.  All I want is... FREEDOM."

I strongly believe that it is important for kids to learn of what does this word - oppression means.

Important thing is that I am grateful that I am no longer under an oppression from family members and friends nowadays.  I enjoy being independence. 

Chiropractor Made a Big Difference!

It had been weeks since I blogged!  Recall when I mentioned that I was having tendinitis in my forearm and my wrist since March 9th.  It had been months.  : (  Pain had been subdued and I was able to function well with housework and computer work.  Still it takes some time to fully heal.  I am still taking it easy.

What made a big difference into healing from tendinitis?  I went to my chiropractor.  He asked me to see if I had any pain in my neck, back, and hips.  I replied no except that I had pain in my forearm.  So, what he did was pressing his tool called Atlas on my forearm and wrist. 

It took a few days for that to heal.  I am going to see my chiropractor again after Memorial weekend is over.

It is definitely a blessing to have a chiropractor!

Any experience that you might have in regards with tendinitis?

Another Neat Artwork & Giveaway!

Here is several really neat artwork she created shown below.  Here is her blog.

In case if you'd like to participate in this giveaway, you are welcome to do so.  Deadline is on Monday, April 23rd.  Good luck!

Purpose of Easter

Here is a great video to help us to remember the purpose of Easter.

 

 

Day 1: Carpet Cleaning in Living Room

I had an opportunity to read a blog entitled Money Saving Mom tonight.  Instead of cleaning out of my purse, I had the carpet in the living room to be shampoo-cleaned.  And it was a perfect day since it was sunny outside.  I had windows open, so that way the carpet would be somewhat dry and smell fresh.

At the same time, I was able to remove some of my 7 years old son's toys and moved a coffee table, loveseat, and the couch.  What a good start to do some spring cleaning.

It is GREAT to see such a clean carpet in the living room. 

Since I am interested in following up with other bloggers based on Money Saving Mom's plan to have four weeks to a more organized home. 

And I am taking it easy since I am still recovering from tendinitis on my right hand and forearm. 

Project Simplify 2012: Week 1 - Kid's Stuff

 

I decided to participate Project Simplify 2012:  Week 1, so I had an opportunity to clean and to organize my son's stuff this past few days ago.  I am sharing a few pictures shown below of what I have been taking care of his bedroom.   

 Here are before pictures of Nolan's bedroom, which I took last Monday.  Here was what Nolan's closet looks like:

Since he still loves to cuddle with his stuff animals, everytime he wants to find his favorite stuffed animals, he would rummage through his closet to find it.  That was the reason why it looks quite a clutter in his closet.  Oh boy.

Of course, notice that there are still some baby clothes in his closet!  My plan is to pack them in a box!

Here is what his closet looks like today...

The reason why I left a space inside that closet is to have a place for him to put his suitcase in that space provided after he is done spending his time with his dad. 

And here is a before picture of his unorganized dresser.

While I was organizing and purging his cherry wooden dresser, I could not believe that he still had some cloths, clothes, under garments, and socks, which would fit on babies.  I also found a few books that fit with toddlers, who are learning numbers and words.

Of course, my plan is to pack them in a box.

Now that he is able to read books that contain sentences and paragraphs.  He is surely growing up!

Here is what his dresser looks like today...

I put three piles of books and magazines.  First pile of Star Wars books that are complex to read.  He will read them when time is right.

The second pile of books that are picture books of Book of Mormon, Doctrine of Covenants, New Testament, and Old Testament.

And the third pile is all these magazines entitled Friend that he received in the mail.

Here are his worn out backpacks...  Sorenson Video Relay Service (SVRS) and Cars shown below:

That Cars backpack was his very first backpack, he used at preschool.  Of course I purged them out of his bedroom. 

Speaking of shoes, I cannot believe that they had been in his closet for years!  They are no longer fit him. 

So, they are purged out of his bedroom except the small black and white orthopedic splints that has a line of horses on straps, which I plan to keep.

Again - it is hard to believe that these shoes with worn out soles had been in closets for years.  They are being removed from his bedroom.

Here are shoes with worn out soles.

In addition, I was unable to fully complete his bedroom due to my forearm ache, which I am experiencing yesterday and today.  I am taking care of myself and hopefully that it gets better soon.

After I am done showing you these pictures of his before and after pictures of his bedroom, I look foward to move on to Project Simplify 2012:  Week 2 to organize either my kitchen or pantry.

Quiz: What Kind of a Runner You Are?

This morning on FB, I noticed that there is a quiz to evaluate to see what kind of runner you are.  I am considering of starting to run during Spring season to help me to lose weight.  And to be able to do a different kind of workout.

Here is what I have learned of what kind of a runner I am.  I learned that I am a Lazy Susan - The Casual Runner.  It states that I am aware of a good diet and exercise are keys to have a healthy life.  I am not interested in timing my running and joining in a race.

I am more interested into running in order to give myself a good cardio workout and lose some weight.  And be in a good fitness.  And I don't mind to go out running on my own.

It's a good benefit to evaluate and learn based on what kind of a runner I am.

In the Remembrance of President's Day

Here is the video of all former and present Presidents of USA  in the order shown below.  I cannot believe that there are some Presidents, which I was not aware of.

 

Have a Happy President's Day and enjoy your day!

 

 

Video of Helen Keller

Here is the video of a well-known deaf-blind woman named Helen Keller.  I was not aware that she was engaged to a guy named Peter Fagan.  You may look for more details under Love.  And that she was going to elope with him.  Something happened.